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Looking Back: The Practice of Using Technicalities to Fight Against Innocence Claims Must Cease

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|Date: September 19, 2021
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Looking Back: The Practice of Using Technicalities to Fight Against Innocence Claims Must Cease

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

September 19, 2021
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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

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|Date: September 16, 2021
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Approaching Supreme Court Case Has Potentially Harmful Impacts on Carceral System

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evide ...

By Sophia Barberini ARIZONA – The state of Arizona is aiming to prevent federal courts from hearing evidence that a trial counsel is ineffective in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones, a case that observers su ...

September 16, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

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|Date: September 13, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Episode 91: Flint Taylor on the Murder of Fred Hampton and Chicago Torture Cases

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which star ...

It started with the murder of Fred Hampton in 1969 but tracks the Chicago Police torture cases which started with Andrew Wilson, a death row prisoner who was tortured by officers including the infamou ...

September 13, 2021
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Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

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|Date: September 12, 2021
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Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

September 12, 2021
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Looking Back: NYS DA’s Association’s Endorsement of Videotaped Police Interrogations Does Not Obviate Need for Legislation

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|Date: September 05, 2021
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Looking Back: NYS DA’s Association’s Endorsement of Videotaped Police Interrogations Does Not Obviate Need for Legislation

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

September 05, 2021
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Looking Back: President Obama and Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: August 29, 2021
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Looking Back: President Obama and Wrongful Convictions

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

August 29, 2021
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Looking Back: Two Unusual Wrongful Conviction Twists

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|Date: August 22, 2021
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Looking Back: Two Unusual Wrongful Conviction Twists

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

August 22, 2021
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Philly District Attorney Files 6 Motions Holding Police Dept in Contempt of Court for Not Providing Officer Info

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|Date: August 16, 2021
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Philly District Attorney Files 6 Motions Holding Police Dept in Contempt of Court for Not Providing Officer Info

By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA - In an unprecedented move, six motions to hold the Philadelphia Polic ...

By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA - In an unprecedented move, six motions to hold the Philadelphia Police Department in contempt of court were filed last week, following the department’s alleged fail ...

August 16, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3

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|Date: August 15, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

August 15, 2021
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Looking Back: Questionable Police Interrogation Tactics Surface

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|Date: August 08, 2021
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Looking Back: Questionable Police Interrogation Tactics Surface

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

August 08, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round Three, Week Three

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|Date: August 01, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round Three, Week Three

Mounting Evidence of Innocence By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that ...

Mounting Evidence of Innocence By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics tha ...

August 01, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 117 – Tony Serra

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|Date: July 26, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 117 – Tony Serra

On July 13, 2021, one of kind, radical attorney Tony Serra joined the Vanguard for a live webinar and pod ...

On July 13, 2021, one of kind, radical attorney Tony Serra joined the Vanguard for a live webinar and podcast. At the age of 86, he is not only still practicing as an attorney but continues to have th ...

July 26, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3, Week Four

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|Date: July 25, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3, Week Four

By Jeffrey Deskovic The Defense Introduces Alibi Witnesses "Looking back" will feature reprints of articl ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic The Defense Introduces Alibi Witnesses "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompasses ...

July 25, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

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|Date: July 21, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal con ...

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal continued Tuesday for a second day here with new evidence to support the release of Reed, accordin ...

July 21, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

July 18, 2021
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Criminal Justice Advocates Plead for President Biden to Abolish Death Penalty

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|Date: July 13, 2021
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Criminal Justice Advocates Plead for President Biden to Abolish Death Penalty

By John Arceno WASHINGTON, DC — Opposing President Joe Biden’s stance surrounding the death penalty, his ...

By John Arceno WASHINGTON, DC — Opposing President Joe Biden’s stance surrounding the death penalty, his justice department recently endorsed the execution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother f ...

July 13, 2021
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Looking Back: When the U.S. Supreme Court Stripped Nearly Executed Exoneree of Compensation

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|Date: July 04, 2021
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Looking Back: When the U.S. Supreme Court Stripped Nearly Executed Exoneree of Compensation

Court in Thompson Case Condoned Prosecutorial Misconduct By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature ...

Court in Thompson Case Condoned Prosecutorial Misconduct By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, ...

July 04, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part III

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part III

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted and others turning their lives around after getting caught up in the system—were on full displ ...

June 30, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part II

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part II

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people, some wrongly convicte ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people, some wrongly convicted and others turning their lives around after getting caught up in the system, were on full dis ...

June 29, 2021
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110 Suffolk County Convictions Reversed After Mistakes at Corrupted Crime Laboratory – Tens of Thousands of Other Cases Also Tossed

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 29, 2021
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110 Suffolk County Convictions Reversed After Mistakes at Corrupted Crime Laboratory – Tens of Thousands of Other Cases Also Tossed

By Jose Medina and Benjamin Momtahan BOSTON – Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was permit ...

By Jose Medina and Benjamin Momtahan BOSTON – Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was permitted by the Supreme Judicial Court to vacate last week another 100 drug convictions linked to ch ...

June 29, 2021
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